figmo
August 23rd, 2005, 08:53 AM
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We went to visit Jane Stevenson, one of our favorite furniture designers (more on her and her amazing work coming soon) and she took us on a tour of her new studio. Not only were we taken with the space, but the building it’s in is kinda badass.
Owned by Chris Jacobs (lawyer, real estate developer, school board member, philanthropist) 567 Exchange Street is evolving as an idea as well as a property. It is “in a broad sense a creative community. All our tenants at this point tend to fit that bill.”
In addition to Jane, some of the building’s other tenants are Stock Exchange and coo coo u. A painter and sculptor have recently taken up residence in one of the spaces and a photographer in another. And there’s a wholesale florist on the first floor.
Chris writes, “It’s a mixed bag for sure but the open/raw space of the warehouse is really attractive to tenants. Our hope is at some point they will make connections...find synergies.”
It’s endeavors like Chris’ that underscore why Richard Florida, the creator of the term <span style="font-style: italic;">The Creative Class</span>, considers Buffalo “an indigenously, intrinsically hip place.”
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Originally posted at:
http://tinyurl.com/85kgp
We went to visit Jane Stevenson, one of our favorite furniture designers (more on her and her amazing work coming soon) and she took us on a tour of her new studio. Not only were we taken with the space, but the building it’s in is kinda badass.
Owned by Chris Jacobs (lawyer, real estate developer, school board member, philanthropist) 567 Exchange Street is evolving as an idea as well as a property. It is “in a broad sense a creative community. All our tenants at this point tend to fit that bill.”
In addition to Jane, some of the building’s other tenants are Stock Exchange and coo coo u. A painter and sculptor have recently taken up residence in one of the spaces and a photographer in another. And there’s a wholesale florist on the first floor.
Chris writes, “It’s a mixed bag for sure but the open/raw space of the warehouse is really attractive to tenants. Our hope is at some point they will make connections...find synergies.”
It’s endeavors like Chris’ that underscore why Richard Florida, the creator of the term <span style="font-style: italic;">The Creative Class</span>, considers Buffalo “an indigenously, intrinsically hip place.”
<img src="http://photos33.flickr.com/36490559_68b84c3567_o.jpg" />
Originally posted at:
http://tinyurl.com/85kgp